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Who are Alation's decision-makers?

Alation’s decision-makers include founder-led executive strategy, product/data leadership, enterprise sales, security, alliances, and global customer success.

CEO
Satyen Sangani
CTO/key exec
Aaron Kalb
Founded
2012
Employees
600+ to 700+ reported
HQ
Redwood City, CA
Notable
~600 enterprise customers; 40% of Fortune 100 cited
  • Satyen SanganiCo-founder & CEOFounder, since 2012Leads Alation’s strategy from data catalog toward agentic data intelligence.
  • Aaron KalbCo-founder / Chief Data & Analytics OfficerFounder, since 2012Co-founder associated with product vision and data-culture thought leadership.
  • Feng NiuCo-founderFounder, since 2012Technical co-founder in Alation’s original data-catalog creation.
  • Venky GantiCo-founderFounder, since 2012Co-founder tied to early product and engineering foundation.

Who leads Alation?

Satyen Sangani leads Alation as co-founder and CEO, while co-founder Aaron Kalb remains an important data and analytics voice. The founding team’s background in data systems remains central as the company expands into AI-ready data intelligence.

Who actually makes buying decisions at Alation?

Data platform, governance, security, product, alliances, finance, and customer-success leaders influence buying decisions. Anything touching customer data connectors or AI workflows will involve product, security, and compliance review.

How is Alation organized as it scales?

Alation has scaled as a global enterprise SaaS company with U.S., EMEA, and India operations. The organization appears structured around platform product, connectors, governance, sales, partnerships, and customer success.

As of June 2026.Sources:Alation contact/aboutAlation

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